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Gifted Gowns Provide Proper Protection

Through a collaborative manufacturing and distribution effort, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made 19,200 protective isolation gowns available to three local hospitals and multiple emergency medical response units in south-central Missouri and north-central Arkansas. 
According to organizer Jeri Dias, "It was easy to bring everyone together with an identifiable common need."
"Providing adequate protective equipment for the men and women responding to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing challenge," stated Ken McKenzie of Oregon County Ambulance. "Our normal funding sources are in short supply."
"But we still need to keep our medical responders safe whether in the hospital or out in the field," added Daniel Marshall of South Howell County Ambulance.
"Everyone engaged in medical services is looking for ways to be safer so we can continue serving the public," stressed Ron Peterson, CEO of Baxter Regional Medical Center. "By working together, we're stronger."
The Ozarks COVID resource collaboration included Ozarks Healthcare, Baxter Regional Medical Center, Texas County Memorial Hospital, South Howell County Ambulance Service, Oregon County Ambulance District, Ozark County Ambulance District, Willow Springs Ambulance District, and the West Plains Missouri Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
When asked how the church was able to contribute 16 pallets of gowns to the central Ozarks, Stake President Robert W. Jones explained, "Contributions are made by church members through a voluntary monthly fast. The funds they would have normally spent on their personal food for two meals are used to meet community needs as Jesus Christ taught. He said, ‘Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, heal the sick.’ The why is more basic; we love our neighbors and want everyone to be as safe as possible. This gift of isolation gowns was just one very practical way to express our support and thanks.”
 

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